On 3 December 2011 13:34, Shoba Narayan <sh...@shobanarayan.com> wrote:
> Is it just me or are there very few women authors on the recommended > reading list 2011? > I found Tahmima Aman's The Good Muslim good not great and would like to re-recommend Agaat by Afrikaans writer Marlene van Niekerk. Even in the English translation, the prose is incredible, adding to great characters and a plotline one could interpret as an allegory for the transition of power in South Africa. It's simply one of the best books I've read in years. Her Triomf is good too, albeit far bleaker.
